The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a more contemporaneous examination of his service-connected lumbar spine disability, as well as additional treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further evaluation and evidence collection due to potential changes in symptomatology since the last examination over five years ago.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spondylosis with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1420939
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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